He said an autopsy shows Cannady and her sons died from hypothermia and their deaths are considered accidental. National Weather Service records show temperatures Saturday night into Sunday morning were in mid-to-low 20s, then high teens, with wind chills falling to 10 degrees.

Bouchard said Cannady has been having severe mental health issues and was frightened that people were trying to kill her, including her family members and police. He said police learned from her surviving daughter that she had instructed her children to run and hide if anyone approached them.

On Saturday, he said, she told her children to lie down in a field to go to sleep. Only the girl woke up. When she couldn’t rouse her family, she took her mother’s coat and walked to a nearby home to ask for help, he said. She told the person who answered the door that her family was dead in the field.

The family wasn’t homeless, Bouchard said, but Cannady’s mental health issues kept her away from her apartment, about a mile from where she and her sons died. He said there’s no indication that drugs played any role in the tragedy but results of the toxicology test will take weeks. The children’s father, Kyle Milton, was shot dead in Nov. 4, 2021.

The trial for the man accused of his murder and another man’s death is currently underway, with closing arguments set for Tuesday.

“This was a mental-health crisis. She had housing. She had a family that cared,” Bouchard said, adding that her family had been trying to arrange in-patient care for Cannady when she disappeared.

Bouchard said once Cannady’s daughter recovers from hypothermia, she’ll be released to the care of family members.

He emphasized the importance of people getting mental health help as soon as possible and for family members to make calls for those who cannot help themselves. Cannady’s family had been making calls, he said, but she refused.

Mayor Tim Greimel urged people to get mental health support when they are in a crisis.

Bouchard, Greimel and others said the deaths were preventable.

“It was preventable if we all communicated with each other,” Bouchard said. “At the point when the family knew a crisis was developing, if they called us or these phone numbers (referring to county resource numbers) then we would have popped up assets to look for the kids and the mom. We would have known it was something more than just maybe somebody was walking down the street who didn’t have a coat on.”

When police were alerted by neighbors that they’d spotted a woman and some children not dressed for the weather, deputies were unable to find any trace of them. Signs in the area say there are cameras watching the land, but Bouchard said he’s not aware of any cameras there.

This neighborhood on Pontiac’s southside just north of Crystal Lake could be called peaceful or desolate. Monday morning, only the sound of birds interrupted the quiet as a small white dog wandered placidly across a few lawns. The street signs at the corner were gone, but the pole remains. Trash litters the street, with garbage bags and old tires dumped just outside the Lakeside property fence. Even the fence is damaged, leaving a wide opening to the uncultivated land.

It’s desolate, said two women standing outside their family home smoking cigarettes early Monday morning, a few doors away from the old Lakeside property. One had wrapped a blanket over her clothes as insulation from the 19-degree wind chill. Frost covered car windows, grass and trees, even as the sun rose. Neither woman wanted to be named, but they talked about seeing police cars converge at the corner on Monday. They expressed sorrow at not being able to help the family.

“I wish they would have knocked on our door. We have the brightest light here,” said the woman in the blanket, gesturing to a spotlight above the garage doors. She would like to see some action from city officials to clean up the Lakeside property – at least to cut down the trees and brush, which make the site attractive to homeless people and others. The women aren’t thrilled about a small grove of saplings on the northeast corner of Branch and Gillespie, because in a few years, they said, that will also become a magnet for people looking for shelter.

The incident happened in Councilwoman Melanie Rutherford’s district, on the city’s south side. She called the situation tragic and personal. As a younger, pregnant woman, Rutherford faced sleeping outside in cold weather. But she was able to get into a shelter and the next day workers there helped her find a home and benefits so she could get groceries and other supplies.

People now have fewer resources, Rutherford said.

“We absolutely need to address affordable housing, homelessness and mental health,” she said. “We absolutely need to protect the most-vulnerable people in our community.”

She said a tragedy like Monica Cannady and her sons’ deaths must never be allowed to happen again.

“We have to have this hard conversation. Now. Or somebody else is going to die,” she said.

Black women are often hesitant to ask for help, because of what she called “strong Black woman syndrome,” which prevents Black women in particular from admitting their vulnerability in a crisis. She wants to see the stigma attached to mental illness erased.

Like Rutherford, Councilman Mikal Goodman said he is distraught by the deaths, which he also called preventable.

“No person should be dying from exposure, and by extension any form of housing or shelter insecurity, when we have so many resources at our collective disposal,” he said. “There were multiple failures that lead up to this, and we need to figure out what they are so we can fix them so that this does not happen again.”

Bouchard said the county has a lot of programs, including Coats for the Cold, and deputies typically carry mittens or gloves to hand out when they spot people in need.

“We didn’t have it on our radar about a particular mom or three kids or a crisis,” he said.

Society is replete with people suffering from anxiety, depression and other mental-health challenges, he said.

“It takes strength to ask for help, it’s not weakness,” Bouchard said. “If it’s encouraged and if we have more mental-health resources available to everybody, I think it will go a long way.”

For now, he said, police respond daily to suicides and overdoses.

“Oftentimes, overdoses are self-medication. Basically we’re seeing death every day as a result of the mental-health crisis in this country,” he said, adding that police are challenged with the mental health crisis both in their daily work and in their personal lives

Increased funding for mental health services from state and federal agencies would help, he said, pointing to a $1.3 million cut from his office’s annual budget two years ago. Last year, he said, he added two positions dedicated to community mental health services. One is a license mental health worker to works with deputies when they go on crisis calls. The other is a peer-support deputy to work with sheriff’s office employees.

For help with non-emergency access to mental health support, call (248) 464-6363; for customer service, call (800) 341-2003. Anyone can call the customer service line for themselves or others, he said. Crisis services are available and that includes Common Ground.

Kristin Blevins manages Common Ground’s mobile crisis team, which connects people throughout the county to help. Offices are open around the clock at 1200 N. Telegraph, Building 32E in Pontiac. Clinicians can do mental health assessment and referrals. The crisis help line is (800) 231-1127.

The mobile unit can meet people in crisis where they are at, she said, adding that they also operate a crisis unit,, where a person can stay up to two weeks, as well as a behavioral health urgent care.

“However we can help, we would love to be there for someone who is in crisis,” she said, explaining that if a person feels they are in a mental-health crisis, that is considered valid and will be supported. People concerned about family members can also call or visit Common Ground offices to get support.

She said it can be tricky to navigate the mental health system, and Common Ground tries to simplify the process and help people connect to the right resources.

Family members have started a GoFundMe account to help with hospital bills and funeral expenses:https://www.gofundme.com/f/k84zv7-50000?qid=f7788c166d4ce737985b25716581b7d2.

Aileen Wingblad contributed to this story.

For this point in the water year — which starts in October — the totals are around twice the average at many Bay Area spots. November was drier than normal, and December brought about double the average rainfall.

The totals below are from Dec. 1 to Jan. 16 at National Weather Service stations.

The site of the greatest reading, Uvas Canyon, is at 1,100 feet elevation near the Casa Loma fire station, about 2 miles east of Loma Prieta.

To the south, Mining Ridge, at 3,288 feet elevation in Big Sur, has recorded 84.16 inches from Dec. 1 to this week.

Read more: 35 key figures that sum up the atmospheric river blitz

Butte County Sheriff’s Department dispatchers announced a rescue call at 3:20 p.m. Sunday, after a woman had requested help when her vehicle was swept away in floodwaters about a quarter-mile west of River Road. She apparently had attempted to traverse the swift water, which appeared to be at least a few feet deep, but the water was too strong and her vehicle left the roadway.

Rescuers arrived at the scene and used an inflatable boat to reach the woman. They pulled her into the boat and brought her back to solid ground, where other Search and Rescue crew members accompanied her to a waiting ambulance.

The woman was walking on her own power and was speaking to rescuers coherently.

Ord Ferry Road was closed at the time of the mishap, with a large “ROAD CLOSED” sign attached to a gate at the road’s junction with Seven Mile Lane.

Public safety officials always advise people to resist any temptation to cross flooded areas, as it is impossible to tell how deep the water is and the vehicle can easily get swept away.

Engineers and prisoners alike risked life and limb as they built the two-lane highway into the majestic coastal cliffs of the Santa Lucia mountains. The 18-year project eventually connected San Luis Obispo to Carmel via the seaside, where the geology makes the road inherently susceptible to landslides. The 1937 grand opening even included a symbolic blasting of a boulder, which the governor cleared from the road with a bulldozer. It was the first of many to come.

Now, incessant storms are causing landslide trouble on Highway 1. Again.

Multiple problems

A 45-mile section of Highway 1 extending from Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn in Monterey County to Ragged Point in San Obispo County is currently closed due to landslides, with no estimate on when it will reopen. And residents, businesses and Caltrans crews along the Big Sur coast are bracing for more geological activity as winter storms continue rolling in.

Closures like this along the Big Sur coast are not uncommon. Residents and businesses aren’t surprised when they are temporarily cut off from the world. Caltrans engineers know they must move mountains off the road. Repeatedly.

But nobody gives up on California’s crown jewel highway, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a National Scenic Byway. Laborers, who seem to be working continuously to repair damage and rebuild sections after landslides, are lauded as heroes, and locals host celebrations for reopenings.

‘Challenges and rewards’

“A ribbon of highway on the edge of the continent presents challenges — and rewards,” said Kevin Drabinski, the Caltrans District 5 public information officer.

“We make these closures for the safety of the traveling public. It’s an international travel destination, and, just as important, it’s home to communities and businesses. So we try and do the best we can to keep it open,” he said.

Landslides come with the geology of the area. “It’s old ocean floor stuff that makes up a lot of the California coast that’s been accreted or pushed up on the continent, so it’s been faulted and folded and distorted and weakened,” said Gary Griggs, a professor of Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.

Landslides on Highway 1 usually happen during storms, when water hits soil, making the soil heavy, lubricated and more fluid. Gravity sends chunks of mobilized mountainside plunging from steep, sweeping cliffsides into the crashing waves below — or onto the highway.

Caltrans prepares for winter storms in the fall. Crews inspect and clean out culverts, which Drabinski describes as the “unsung heroes of Highway 1.” Some workers even rappel from the cliffs with picks and other tools in hand to dislodge loose rocks. Worker safety is always a priority.

The goal is to make the cliffs as stable as possible going into the winter. “We put special focus on areas that are downslope of the Dolan fire burn scar,” said Drabinski. Previously burned areas are especially prone to slides when the rains start.

The precarious road has been closed due to landslides dozens of times since it first opened in 1937. The road closed 55 times between 1937 and 2001, according to a 2001 report.

The worst event in that period was a 963-foot-high landslide in 1983 near Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. The New York Times reported that it took 13 months, 30 bulldozers, 7,700 pounds of explosives, and $7.8 million to clear it, and one bulldozer operator lost his life in the process. When it reopened, residents threw a party with bands, balloons and a 52-foot-long carrot cake, according to the New York Times.

More recent winters have produced some of the worst — and most costly — landslides in the road’s history. Each time, Caltrans has been prepared and quick to respond.

In February 2017 a landslide displaced a damaged column of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge. Crews demolished and completely replaced the bridge with a new $21.7 million bridge designed to reduce its susceptibility to landslides. The new bridge was completed in October 2017 after an effort to design and construct a new bridge quickly that Jim Shivers, a Caltrans spokesperson, described in a 2017 article as ”remarkable.”

But the road remained closed to the south — in May that same year, a landslide had buried the highway near Mud Creek, just north of the Big Sur Lookout. The massive event, described in the national news by Executive Director of the Big Sur Chamber of Commerce Stan Russell, as “the mother of all landslides,” buried a quarter-mile section of the highway 40 feet deep. The road reopened 14 months — and $54 million — later.

In January 2021, the road itself collapsed into the sea leaving a steep and terrifying void where the mountainside used to be. But Caltrans took advantage of subsequent dry weather and restored the road faster than anticipated. It reopened in April 2021, nearly two months ahead of schedule and only three months after the initial event.

The repeated cycle of damage and repair seems tedious, but there aren’t many other options for a coastal highway built into the mountainside.

“I think it’s always going to be this Band-Aid approach,” said Griggs. “We fix it up and wait for the next one, but it’s a place where that’s the only choice.”

“We do put a lot of resources into maintaining Highway 1 on the Big Sur coast,” said Drabinski. “It’s prompted out of service to the residents and businesses of the Big Sur community and to the travelers who return there because of its natural wonder.”

Normally response crews can approach Paul’s Slide, one of the current trouble spots, from the south. “When the highway is open, we just shoot up from Cambria, go right up the road past Ragged Point and deliver the goods,” he said. But with the southern closure, everything has to detour and enter from the north.

Drabinski said it’s “certainly likely” that conditions will worsen if the rains continue.

Caltrans said in the press release that they “will continue to take advantage of any break in inclement weather to assess road conditions and provide access as long as the conditions are favorable for public travel.”

When Highway 1 does open again, “the best way to view the scenic wonders of the Monterey coast is to park one’s car frequently and to enjoy the views at leisure,” according to a 1937 article in the Monterey Peninsula Herald. “Fortunately the great slides that have taken place during construction have resulted in scores of wide parking spaces, nearly all of them at points where the vistas are the most remarkable.”

The county, along with much of the state, will remain under a flood watch through the evening Monday as saturated soils struggle to absorb storm runoff. Urban and small stream flooding is expected, according to the National Weather Service.

On Monday morning, flooded Highway 37 remained closed in Novato between Highway 101 and Atherton Avenue — the second lengthy closure since the rains began. Caltrans announced that as of 11 a.m. the eastbound lanes and one westbound lane had reopened, but that the rightmost westbound lane would remain closed with no projection yet on when it would reopen.

Monday is expected to remain partly sunny and with sun forecast all day Tuesday. A rainy afternoon Wednesday will clear out overnight before a sunny end to the week and weekend, according to the NWS.

Wednesday’s weather system “will be the final rainmaker for a while and thankfully this will move through the area quickly,” according to the agency’s forecast. “High pressure then builds over the region allowing things to dry out into at least early next week, if not beyond.”

There will be colder overnight temperatures in the next week, increasing risk of frost, according to the NWS.

Approximately 75 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers had no power on Monday morning, according to the utility’s outage map.

Several roads in West Marin remained closed Monday according to the county’s website, including Fairfax-Bolinas Road, which has been closed since Jan. 4.

In a statement Monday, the White House said the president will visit with first responders, state and local officials, and communities impacted by the recent extreme weather; survey recovery efforts; and assess what additional federal aid is needed.

California has been hit by nine atmospheric rivers since Christmas. Across the state, the storms have killed at least 20 people and caused at least $1 billion in damage.

Biden on Saturday declared that a major disaster exists in California and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning on Dec. 27 and continuing.

Funding is now available to residents of Santa Cruz, Sacramento and Merced counties.

In a separate statement, the White House said assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help people and businesses recover from the effects of the disaster.

Check back for updates.

After weeks of rain, one last storm Sunday night had residents waking up to more floods and mudslides Monday morning.

Ryan Orosco found himself in 3-foot-deep floodwaters at his mobile home along Bixler Road in Bryon shortly after daybreak. He carried his wife and young son separately out of the home. Thanks to the home standing on a raised platform, none of the water managed to make it inside. However, 3 to 4 inches of water seeped inside his parents’ home next door.

“It’s really stressful to deal with it,” said Orosco, 35. “It just baffles me how much water came down.”

In Berkeley, a mudslide slammed into Marjorie Cruz’s home on Middlefield Road about 6:30 a.m. Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders to more than a half-dozen properties in the area.

“It’s completely shocking – I don’t have words to describe what I’m looking at,” she said. “Who expects to wake up in the morning and see an entire hillside in their dining room?”

For now, however, evacuees and weathered residents across Northern California can refocus on clearing the mounds of dirt and detritus thrust into their homes and draining lingering rainwater as the National Weather Service lifts flood advisories and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state’s Office of Emergency Services deploy aid.

Scroll down for photos, then click here to read the rest of our coverage.

With dry weather forecast for most of the next week, here’s a tally of the storms’ stunning impact, so far, by the numbers:

9: Number of atmospheric river storms to hit California in the past three weeks.

20: Number of confirmed fatalities, as of Monday, from California storms since Christmas.12: Number of confirmed fatalities in California wildfires in 2021 and 2022.

41: Number of California’s 58 counties under federal emergency declaration.3: Number under major disaster declaration (Santa Cruz, Merced, Sacramento).

24.5 trillion: Estimated gallons of water that fell on California from Dec. 26 to Jan. 11.16: Number of times that amount of water could fill California’s largest reservoir, Shasta Lake.

17: Inches of rain measured in downtown San Francisco since Dec. 26.3: Historical average in inches of rain that falls in downtown San Francisco over same time.

3: Number of times the San Lorenzo River hit major flood stage since Dec. 27, prompting evacuations and flooding neighborhoods.

40: Size of the hole, in feet, torn in the historic Capitola Wharf during the storms.

62: Miles of Highway 1 in Big Sur that remained closed Monday due to landslides.

1.19 million: Gallons of water flowing every second through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta on Friday.1.12 million: Gallons flowing every second down the Columbia River, the largest river on the West Coast, on Friday.54,712: Gallons flowing every second through the Delta on Dec. 1.

27: Feet of snow that have fallen at the UC snow lab at Donner Summit since Nov. 1.12: Feet of snow that fell on average from 1991-2020 at the lab over the same time.

247: Percent of historic average for statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack, on Monday.106: Percent of historic average for statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack on Dec. 1.

1,046: Bay Area lightning strikes on Jan. 14-15, including one that hit the Golden Gate Bridge.

500+: Number of landslides statewide caused by storms, since New Year’s Eve, according to the California Geological Survey.

34 million: Number of Californians — 90% of state population — under flood watch Monday Jan. 9.

143: Percent of normal rainfall since Oct. 1 in San Jose through Monday afternoon.196: Percent in San Francisco.219: Percent in Los Angeles.229: Percent in Oakland.424: Percent in Bishop in the Eastern Sierra.

100: Percent full for all seven reservoirs operated by Marin Municipal Water District.86: Percent full for all seven reservoirs operated by East Bay MUD.56: Percent full for all 10 reservoirs operated by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Anderson, the largest, had to be drained for earthquake repairs).

33: Percent full for Lexington Reservoir near Los Gatos on Dec. 1.100: Percent full for Lexington Reservoir on Monday.

46: Percent on Thursday of California in “severe drought,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.85: Percent on Dec. 1 of California in “severe drought.”

0: Number of major storms forecast for the next week.

The declaration provides the cities with access to federal, state and county storm resources.

In Antioch, City Manager Cornelius Johnson declared a state of emergency on Thursday and the City Council approved the proclamation a day later.

Antioch officials on Friday estimated costs associated with the local emergency at nearly $4 million, which does not include the weekend’s storm that partially closed Deer Valley Road and caused damage elsewhere.

Antioch also canceled the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in anticipation of more storm cleanup work that would be needed, Mayor Lamar Thorpe said in a video statement on Facebook on Thursday.

“While we’ve properly managed the response to these unprecedented storms, they have not been without damage to critical infrastructure like Delta Fair Boulevard or the Fulton Shipyard,” Thorpe said. “At this point, conservatively speaking, we estimate about $4 million in damages. I know that figure will continue to grow as more storms hit our area.”

In Pittsburg, meanwhile, City Manager Garrett Evans declared a state of emergency on Jan. 11 as staff worked in shifts to respond to flooding, downed trees, road damages, and other health and safety emergency calls. Estimated costs were not yet available.

On Monday morning, Harbor Street was still closed from Yosemite Drive to Greystone Place, where water flooded the street and sidewalks and some house and apartment evacuations took place as rain pummeled the area overnight, filling up nearby Kirker Creek. Residents of some 19 homes and four units in the Fox Creek Apartment complex were asked to evacuate and 12 persons were rescued via boat, according to Evans.

In an online statement late Monday, Evans said public works crews will be onsite through the week “to monitor and address water levels to ensure public safety.”

“With the current break in the weather, the water in Kirker Creek is expected to recede below maximum capacity,” he said.

In addition to flooding streets, the extreme weather compromised a 20-foot-high retaining wall and downed four 30-foot trees in Pittsburg, according to the staff report.

Check back for updates.

Over the mountain and through the woods — typically a four-hour drive from the Bay Area, depending on weather and road conditions — you’ll find the Village at Northstar near Truckee, some 6,330 feet above sea level. The Northstar California Resort offers ski slopes, of course, as well as a lively village lined with eateries and shops.

But the centerpiece is the ice rink, where skaters from novice to expert show off their moves from noon to 9 p.m. The lively rink is free of charge (rent skates and a helmet for $21), and the atmosphere provides a major draw. A DJ is often on hand, spinning records to keep the party going on the ice. And hot drinks flow at the rink bar, with hot chocolate for the kiddos, as well as adult-only sips to enjoy around one of the nearby fire pits.

The kid-friendly Village Tube experience ($26) lets the younger set explore, while parents sip coffee and fireside cocktails at the Overlook. The setup is simple: Grab a tube, find a snowy lane and soar downhill as fast as you can. Adjacent lanes make racing your friends easy and fun.

And, of course, skiers and snowboarders will find slope action easy to find. Northstar’s gondola system, complete with outdoor gear hooks, offers adventure seekers easy access to all the lifts.

When you’re ready to warm your toes by the fire indoors, escape to the Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, a quick drive — or gondola ride — away. If you’re heading up from the Northstar Village, grab the Highlands Gondola to the resort, which sits at a 6,941-foot elevation, and offers food and drink options for guests and visitors.

Among the new winter offerings: Flaskology, a curated cocktail creation class ($75) that lets participants mix their own tasty elixirs. The brainchild of food and beverage director Maurice Tax, the class includes expertinstruction on cocktail-making basics, one-on-one help crafting a palate-pleasing beverage and a leather-covered Ritz-Carlton flask filled with your drink of choice. The reservation-only course is offered Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Each Flaskology station is set up with everything guests need, from bar tools to syrups, bitters, fresh citrus and juices. A fully stocked bar at the front of the room allows novice bartenders to mix up just about any drink they desire. Feeling stuck? That’s what the mixologists are there for.

If making your own drink sounds like too much leg work — all that stirring and shaking! — mosey over to the resort’s Luxury Lounge instead. It’s open from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, and the setup — an outdoor bar, warm fireplace, plush blankets draped over cushy seats — is an apres-ski vision. Even when it’s nippy out, the lounge stays cozy, with plenty of warmth from fireplace to heaters.

But the biggest surprises are inside the menu, which isn’t really a menu at all. Instead, you’re handed a tray with five elements: leather, stone, crystal, gold and wood. Choose the item that speaks to you, and you’ll be given the corresponding craft cocktail to sip by the fire, each with its own spectacular presentation, a smoke box, perhaps, or gold ice cubes set off by clear vodka and bright strawberries. (Pssst, if surprises aren’t your jam, a paper menu detailing the cocktails is available upon request.)

If you’re spending the night here, you’ll be able to take advantage of another hospitality offering, this one included with your overnight stay and only available to guests. A custom tea service is held in the hotel’s Living Room from 4:30 to 5 p.m. on select afternoons as an antidote to winter’s chill and a way to warm your soul and treat any mountain-related ailments. Hot Herbology is not your typical tea though. Local herbalist Sara Tadjeran uses her gift for combining flavors to create soothing, healing teas for whatever ails you — including sore joints from all that snow play.

You’ll find the usual winter perks here, too, from s’mores kits to a heated outdoor pool surrounded by snowy landscapes. And some activities launched during the holidays will continue on through the end of the season including snowshoe stargazing treks on Wednesdays and Fridays and special spa treatments. Apres indeed.

If You Go

Skate rentals, which include a helmet, are $21 at The Village at Northstar, 5001 Northstar Drive in Truckee. Find details on the ice rink, as well as lift tickets, lodging and dining and other details at www.northstarcalifornia.com.

Rooms at the Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe start at $881 per night. 13031 Ritz Carlton Highlands Court in TruckeeCost: Rooms start at $881 per night; www.ritzcarlton.com.

Between massive snowfall and torrential rain, Northern California has already seen some extreme weather this year. Travel safely, and check Lake Tahoe’s weather, road conditions and chain requirements at www.gotahoenorth.com/weather-report before you hit the road.